Cobre Valley Center for the Arts sits majestically on the corner of Oak and Broad Street It used to be the home of lawyers, judges and prisoners. It was said that trials were held on the third floor so that prisoners would have ample time to consider the error of their ways …
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Preserving history: Gila Historical Museum
Historical Museums play an important role in communities across America. They are the repositories of local lore, and family histories. They share a common desire with the community to preserve what has gone before and make it available to future generations. Our own Historical Museum has been called “an exceptional …
Read More »New technology helps researchers of history
Bullion Plaza Museum ExecutiveTom Foster tests out the new digital scanner which was purchased with the help of a $15,000 grant from FreePort Mac Moran, private donations and in-kind matches. The scanner offers the latest technology in this type of equipment and will read both microfish and reels. It has …
Read More »Managing the Big Screen: a Hollis Family tradition
Frank Hollis’ name doesn’t gender the kind of name recognition that someone like Hitchcock, or Wells, or even Howard Hughes does, but make no mistake Frank Hollis has been in the movie business since the Forties. He doesn’t make movies, direct, movies, or act in movies, but what he did …
Read More »The true origins of “The Strawberry Roan”: a poem about an outlaw
By: Mick Holder This is the story of how one poem about an outlaw horse which couldn’t be rode; a poem which became a song, started in a burg under the Pinals, and eventually traveled the world. It has been called America’s greatest horse ballad and perhaps the “…finest tribute …
Read More »The Librarian who Launched a Generation
IN THE BEGINNING She was traveling west for her health and planned to stop over in Globe to visit a friend.Little did she realize when she stepped off the train that day into the bright Arizona sunlight that she was in fact stepping into her lifework and one might say …
Read More »The Dream Team of ’51: Miami Vandals Set Records
There are storied moments in history which shine light on those who made history and those who remember it long past the actual event. The Dream Team of 1951 made up of mostly Mexican kids from Bullion Plaza led by Vandals Coach Ernie Kivisto created many magic moments during that …
Read More »The last Woolworth Store
The year was 1997 and the retail giant, Woolworths, Master of the Five and Dime, the inspiration behind all the others who have come since; Wal Mart, Target, Home Depot, Costco, was closing its last store in the United States. It was located on Broad Street in Globe, Arizona and …
Read More »Globe-Miami Mexican Restaurants: A Tale of Four Sisters
The Globe-Miami area is legendary for its’ Mexican food There is even a Facebook page called I love Globe-Miami Mexican Food with a following of 1,381 members and counting. So what’s the magic all about? It can largely be found by tracing the roots of family recipes back to four …
Read More »What history writes about the Apache Kid
The Kid’s fame has bred a confusing array of legends, but one of the clearest account comes from Dan Thrapp’s biography, Al Sieber, Chief of Scouts. Thrapp presents several versions of the Apache Kid story, offering insight into their accuracy. The Kid may have been born in Aravaipa Canyon in …
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